Cardiology

Second-Hand Smoke/High Cholesterol Damage Cells Lining Heart Blood Vessels

Published in Blood Weekly, April 8th, 1996

The heart attacks that often kill non-smokers who are chronically exposed to second-hand tobacco smoke may result from a long disease process caused by smoke and high cholesterol acting together to damage cells lining artery walls, experiments by University of California, San Francisco cardiologists suggest.

Damage done to these cells by smoke and fat may be offset somewhat by massive doses of a precursor of a molecule used by cells to send signals, or by vitamin E, the researchers found. They also determined that the damage may be made worse by the sex hormone testosterone.

The researchers presented their preliminary findings March 25, 1996, at the...

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